This is an analysis of the poem They Remember that begins with:
What makes you say you are more qualified,
To represent the needs of the people....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdee XXfXdfX gbcX haegdXe hhhdhXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,4,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111101 0101010010 000101010 110100101000 100100101 011010 1 1011111011 011 1001001110100 011101 0100111010 0100010110001 11101001 1101010 1010 110111010100 101 1101111 010000011010 01011 001001011 11010 1011010101 111 111111 1011 0101 1101111000 1111 1010100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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- summary of They Remember;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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